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Forensics: Genetics and genealogy. Coffee cup helps police crack one of US’s oldest cold cases after 300 interviews since 1975
Genealogy researchers traced possible suspect’s DNA to Calabria region of Italy — Read on http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/police-cold-case-coffee-cup-b2127282.html
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Forensics: NamUS needs more funding! Carrie Grey, 39: Woman Vanishes From Alaska In 2021 • Our Black Girls
Very little is known about Carrie Grey and her case, but after family couldn’t reach her, they asked the authorities to do a welfare check. — Read on ourblackgirls.com/2022/07/18/carrie-grey-39-woman-vanishes-from-alaska-in-2021/
Forensics: NamUS Missing Persons database not used. State doesn’t teach tool used to solve missing person cases, 67% not in federal database
Here is a synopsis of the videocast. 1. Only 13 States mandate police to obtain and enter missing persons fingerprint, dental, and personal information into the federal NamUS system. 2. Voluntary compliance of police departments is low. 3. Many unidentified … Continue reading
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Forensics: Genetics and Geneaology gets Nevada man charged in 1982 cold case murder of 5-year-old California girl
The Reno, Nevada man was the cold case victim’s neighbor in Seaside, California — Read on http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/nevada-man-charged-in-1982-cold-case-murder-of-5-year-old-california-girl
Forensics: LDF Submits Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Defending Due Process to Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Capital Case
LDF Submits Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Defending Due Process to Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Capital Case — Read on http://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-submits-amicus-brief-to-supreme-court-defending-due-process-to-post-conviction-dna-testing-in-capital-case/
Forensics: Another #NamUS missing children cold case: Mom finally faces park where son disappeared.
Nearly three decades after two toddlers went missing from the same Harlem playground, New York City Police have yet to find the boys or name a suspect. — Read on abc7ny.com/missing-children-persons-case-unsolved-mysteries-cases/3127138/
Forensics: Chilling fact. Almost half of American children reside in households with criminal justice involvement
Almost half of American children reside in households with criminal justice involvement – Mental Daily — Read on http://www.mentaldaily.com/article/2022/07/almost-half-of-american-children-reside-in-households-with-criminal-justice-involvement
Forensics: Another BS bitemark “research”article about gender determination from skin injuries. Better than DNA?
Absolute junk https://www.neliti.com/publications/412857/intercanine-distance-icd-measurement-using-metric-analysis-and-digital-imaging-i
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Forensics: AGs hate post-conviction testing. Justices reject state’s arguments in DNA dispute.
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Friday turned down an attempt by Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office to block DNA testing of evidence in a 1975 murder that sent — Read on https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/justices-reject-state-s-arguments-in-dna-dispute/article_eb1ae077-9b47-5cdd-83c8-c1be34252376.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
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